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From the Frontline - Uniforms allow the person to shine through

15 September 2008, Shane Jefferson, Youth Work Now

Very few youth organisations nowadays require young people to wear uniforms. Organisations such as ourselves (St John Ambulance), the Scouts, the Guides and a handful of others stand apart because...

Editorial: Putting the fun into funded projects

15 September 2008, Andy Hillier, editor, Youth Work Now,andy.hillier@haymarket.com, Youth Work Now

Youth services across the UK went into overdrive this summer. A whole of host of projects were set up, ranging from traditional sport schemes and youth festivals to more targeted...

From the Frontline - The net has boundless opportunities for us

1 August 2008, Mike Amos-Simpson, Youth Work Now

One of the most misused words I hear is "empowerment" - often used without consideration to what "power" we are able to hand over. More recently "participation" is the shiny...

From the Frontline - The media revolution needs youth workers

2 July 2008, Nic Millington, chief executive of The Rural Media Company inHereford, www.ruralmedia.co.uk, Youth Work Now

Virtually every month a new piece of communications technology, aimed squarely at the youth market, is launched.

Sometimes youth work just has to be there

2 July 2008, Nick Wilkie, chief executive of London Youth, Youth Work Now

I recently heard a story about a church in Massachusetts.

Editorial: The decline of the male youth worker

2 July 2008, Andy Hillier, Youth Work Now

It's hard to imagine nowadays a time when male youth workers outnumbered female youth workers. But back in the early 1980s it was not unusual for youth services to employ...

From the Frontline - No space for workers in Myplace initiative

10 June 2008, Jon Jolly, Youth Work Now

The government's Myplace initiative will provide £190m of capital funding to help create new youth facilities across England.

Don't rule out single-faith projects

9 May 2008, Andy Hillier, Youth Work Now

Successfully reaching out to young people from minority groups is something that concerns all providers of youth services - both statutory and voluntary.

The erosion of youth work under Labour

9 May 2008, Bernard Davies, Youth Work Now

As government policies affect their work, youth workers are liable to react as if they are being picked on: "Why are 'they' treating us so unfairly?" To clarify what has...

Where armed guards watch over projects

9 May 2008, Tracie Trimmer-Platman, a senior adviser for London Youth and atrained counsellor, Youth Work Now

Visiting another country can help put into perspective the standards and values of UK youth work.